Mass Effect

Hey so this game is going to be using pre-generated characters and will be in the setting of that in Mass Effect. As you get experience and want your character to change and grow, just tell me what it is you want to do and I will make/ design the power or skill for your character as you grow in experience.

We will be using the Hero 6th edition system which might be challenging to grasp at first because it is so different from D&D, but I will give everyone cheat sheets. The system is exceptionally versatile which is why I am using it for this game, unfortunately sometimes it can be math heavy so unless you are a lightening calculator I suggest using a simple addition and subtraction calculator. This system might seem overwhelming at first but after a session you should have a good grasp on all the basic rules.

When we do character selection, after we play a session or two if you don’t like your character I will make you a new one. Not all characters will be starting on the same power level but I will try to balance the scales in a gaming session or two

Here are some of the basic Rules for the Hero system and this Mass Effect game

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Alright well since both Erik and Jay like the idea for the fantasy game, and I most certainly do then I think I will put the mass effect game on hold until a later date and we will do the fantasy game.

I’m not gonna create an entire new campaign on obsidian portal for the Fantasy game until after we start for a few reasons. #1 I need another account unless if I want to delete the two campaigns I already have, but we might eventually come back to them so I don’t want to. #2 and the real reason is because a few of you are going to be portraying characters in my story, you are largely going to remain ignorant of the world and will discover stuff as you go along, (much like happens in a book).

This will be a secretive game as each character has private lives and secrets so post-it notes might become necessary.

Scheming and plotting against each other shouldn’t happen, however how I write the characters is completely different then how I can expect you to play them so it might be a possibility.

Your effect on my story will be minimal, mostly it will help me with new ideas of my own and help me derive new stuff for the world such as the currency system, or names of particular gods, etc… however this isn’t to say I won’t adopt into my story what you guys do directly, after all if you do something with the character I think is awesome or change a world in a way that I think would benefit the story then I might adopt them into my writing.

I was hoping to use the D&D system because we are all familiar with it, however once again I need to use the hero system because it can more closely mimic the two colliding worlds and the difference in power levels. However I will walk you guys through it and once again I will have cheat sheets on the first gaming session. I should have the game ready by next Monday. Also while you might get a character who is not as powerful as the others, remember there are always ways to benefit the group. Also you might be called to play a character that is not your gender so gender bending will happen (sorry Jay). Love relationships while they will happen in my story are not needed in the game (unless if you feel compelled to do so, either way I want stop you). I think that’s about it…

Okay I’m getting carried away again, but here goes anyway. I am thinking of possibly instead of running the mass effect game, I would run a fantasy game based loosely on a story I am currently working on. Personally I think the world and basic story line is very intriguing (hints why I’m writing it). If I did this, you guys might have a directly positive effect on giving me new ideas for the story, as I have only just started writing it a few weeks ago there is plenty that needs to be developed. So this way it can help me with ideas for a story and you guys can play in what I think will be a cool game. However the biggest catch is that not all the character’s will be on the same power level.

Using LOTR as an example, some characters are bad asses there to save the day such as Aragorn, Legolas, Gimili, Gandalf, etc… and others are forced into the story such as; Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin. So some of the characters in the game will be pretty powerful while other’s will be struggling to keep up, however this doesn’t mean the weaker characters aren’t without their uses. After all even the great Gandalf admitted that he couldn’t bear the “One Ring.”

The story and world, while influenced by every thing I’ve ever read, remains mostly original. So basically what are your thoughts on this? does it sound like fun? or more trouble then its worth?

Okay so I made an executive decision and decided it would be best if the Combat Medic was the NPC, and I guessed April and Steph would probably prefer to play female characters anyways. Steph is going to play the Test Subject “Irkah Kelham” and April will play the CEO/ Biotic specialist “Seryna Dantius.” if they want to chose and pick their own they may but seeing as how I don’t think either of them really cared I just randomly gave them those characters.

nice. I;m not sure how much longer, but I would like to at least get down to the next level of the undermountain before we start switching off. Depending on how fast or slow the group goes that should be between three or four weeks. Then I’ll be fine with switching off.

Alright Pretty much most of the info I need to post before we start the game is up. For those of you who have expressed an interest in a particular character go ahead and edit the bio if you’d like, just don’t take away anything I have written (add only to what I have already established). If you want to add more to your character but aren’t sure how it will effect the game or world just let me know and we can work it out, the more you add the better (in most cases), Jay has a futuristic hero creator background book that can give you some cool ideas.

Before we actually start the game and everyone has their character picked I will give you each an individual run down of how you got recruited and who you do and don’t know. I will also give you a quick reference guide for the Hero system and a more detailed explanation on your abilities. Any questions about the world our your character can be answered here or in game.

So I am set and ready to run the game.
@jay: do you want to have your game run its course or switch of weeks GMing? I don’t want to rush your game so if you want to keep running yours for a few more months then by all means do, just giving you the heads up that my game is set and ready.

Okay Obsidian Portal lied to me. It said you updated the Begining page, so I went there to see. Since I’ve been reading the stuff you put up just to get a litle more story on the world. Then I go to the Beginning page, and there’s nothing. They lied. Liar McLyster.

Because there are limited numbers of characters to decide between and someone might have already taken a character you wanted, if there is something you specifically want let me know and I can modify one of the currently existing characters

Another note, because I am also new to the system some balancing might be in order after the first one or two gaming sessions, I made the characters as balanced as I could giving all characters relatively good defenses to survive good offensive attacks, but because I have only worked with the system a few times I might have made a character who dies to easily or a character who is immune to most forms of attack. If i find this as a problem I will readjust characters, but right now I am fairly confident everything is relatively balanced.

I will update and give you more detailed descriptions of the characters as I work on them, When I am done there will be eight in total. What I describe in characters background is set and can not be changed as it will be important to the storyline, however anything else you want to develop and add to character history is fine with me, if I like what you create for your character background I might make it a central part of the story. While I am creating the characters and adjusting them I am more then welcoming any suggestion you might want for a character concept.

I should be ready to run this in two weeks, so when we start will depend on when we finish up Halaster’s mad maze!